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The cause of the smoke, at the Fukushima No. 1 plant 250 kilometres (155 miles) northeast of Tokyo, was not immediately known.
A fire broke out early Wednesday at the number-four reactor there but was said to have been extinguished later.
Engineers have been grappling with a nuclear emergency since last Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami cut power to the plant and caused reactor fuel rods to heat up dangerously.
There have now been four explosions and two fires at the complex.
Media reports said the smoke appears to be coming from reactor number three, which was hit by a blast Monday that tore off the outer structure of the reactor building.
Plant operator Tokyo Electricity Power Co said it did not know where the smoke is coming from.
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